Sony patents AI that predicts a game's next frame before rendering finishes

Sony has filed a patent for an AI system that predicts a game's next frame from the last completed frame and controller input while the GPU renders the next one. The approach aims to cut latency versus interpolation between two finished frames, but the filing includes no performance measurements.

• System uses the latest completed frame and optionally controller input to predict the next frame
• Unlike interpolation, it doesn't wait for a second frame, reducing latency
• Model uses jointly trained encoder and decoder, plus motion vectors
• Patent provides no data on latency or visual quality impact